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Balanced Budgets: Tea Party 'Terrorizing' Europe

While American lawmakers and the president are watching their disastrous monetary and fiscal policies unfold with the credit downgrade of U.S. debt by Standard & Poor’s (S&P), some European countries are finally waking up to the reality of failed Keynesian economic policies that the tea party has been warning about for years. Last week, Italy and France have both proposed adding a Balanced Budget Amendment to their constitutions.

It is baffling to see glimpses of Europe awakening up to the economic calamity of failed Keynesian policies while the United States continues the status quo. The Federal Reserve has been discussing adding a new round Quantitative Easing 3 (QE3) even when previous quantitative easing programs have failed and proved more harmful to the economy. As Albert Einstein once said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” The president seems unwilling to consider alternative options, with members of his administration calling tea party activists “terrorists” for demanding spending cuts and fiscal discipline. Perhaps the president should be classifying Italy and France as state sponsors of terrorism for proposing a tea party “radical” balanced budget amendment.

Passing a Balanced Budget Amendment is not so farfetched. After the Republican Revolution in 1995, the House passed a Balanced Budget Amendment, but the Senate came one vote short of passage. Now, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) have proposed H.J. Res. 1 or the Goodlatte – Walsh Balanced Budget Amendment. H.J. Res 1 would require Congress to pass a balanced budget every year, require a two-thirds majority to increase taxes, and would limit spending to 18 percent of GDP per year. The proposed amendment is highly received in the United States with a recent poll showing 74 percent of Americans supporting a Balanced Budget Amendment.

It is the United States that should be leading the rest of the world in fiscal responsibility, spending restraint and free-market capitalism. A start to the restoration of economic growth begins with a Balanced Budget Amendment. Call your Representative today, and ask them to support H.J. Resolution 1, the Goodlatte – Walsh Balanced Budget Amendment.

Hooray for the Goodlatte – Walsh Balanced Budget Amendment.
This should be a roll-call vote so we can see who is opposed. Don't forget Hawaii this time, I want to know how our Socialist Sen. Inouye votes.

Yes, Albert Einstein once said, “ The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” We see the Obama administration doing the same thing over and over again but it is us who are expecting different results. We assume the Obama administration is trying to help the American economy when in essence they are purposely destroying it.
So if they keep doing the same thing over and over again and each time it destroys the American economy a little more aren’t they achieving the results they want? If the American people still believe by now that the Obama administration is trying to help the economy I would have to ask who is really the insane. The definition of sanity is the Obama administration doing the same thing over and over and getting the results they want. The definition of insanity is the Obama administration doing the same thing over and over and the American people are expecting different results.

Being tasked with a response to the State of the Union address isn't easy. The message, usually given by a fresh face, is carefully crafted to fluff up a party's priorities for the coming months, as well as offer Americans a distinction between their agenda and what the president offered them earlier in the evening.

The GOP establishment just set a new low by mimicking race card antics of left-wing activists like Al Sharpton in a desperate attempt to have Senator Thad Cochran defeat challenger Chris McDaniel in today’s Mississippi primary.

Maybe, maybe not.
U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will unveil a 10-year budget blueprint in the next few weeks that will champion fiscal austerity, a theme party leaders hope will energize conservative voters ahead of the November congressional elections.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has a bone to pick with the tea party. Speaking in an interview not too long ago, he groused that conservatives under the tea party label are ruining the Republican brand and that their continued influence poses unacceptable risks to the upcoming elections in 2014.

Happy Birthday to the little movement that could.
Ignited by a spark from the most unlikely of places-a cable business news channel watched mostly by investors-and spread by social media, a surprising revolution had its most humble beginnings five years ago today.

Recently, I attended a speech that attempted to lay out a case that Ronald Reagan would not have been a Tea Party President. The speaker, a conservative not terribly familiar with the Tea Party movement, made an interesting case.

Because I am a nice guy and don't want anyone to waste their time, here is a quick list of those who won't enjoy this post: 1) People working for Mitch McConnell's reelection.2) People who come from families that internalize everything rather than fight it out and get it over with. 3) People who are Mitch McConnell.